Abstract: In order to further verify the factor structures of the sub-questionnaires of Chinese physician-patient social mentality questionnaire, and to test the measurement invariance of the questionnaire in different genders, 3787 physicians and 4502 patients were tested in this study. A validation factor analysis and a measurement invariance test were performed. Results showed that the three-factor model of the physician-patient satisfaction-1(medical/patient version), and the three-factor model of the physician-patient satisfaction-2(patient version), the subscales of health notion(medical version/patient version) and the disease notion(medical version) were fitted well. The morphological equivalent model, weak equivalent model, strong equivalent model, and strict equivalent model of the physician-patient satisfaction-1(patient version), the physician-patient satisfaction-2(patient version), and the subscales of health notion(patient version) in different genders were all acceptable. These indicate that the measurement invariance of the aforementioned three questionnaires held across gender.

Key words:  physician-patient relationship, physician-patient trust, physician-patient social mentality, measurement invariance